I'm American and my husband is Spanish. We are raising our child with both cultures.

I'm American and my husband is Spanish. We spent time between the two countries. Our 5-year-old daughter is being raised with both cultures.

Kids in Spain speak multiple languages, including local dialects, and kids behave at meal time. I'm American, and my husband is Spanish. We have a 4-year-old daughter and spend time in both countries , immersing ourselves in both cultures.

My daughter is being raised as an American but with the cultural inputs from her time in Spain. The city we live in in Spain — Zaragoza — is a vibrant midsize city full of families, which was part of the appeal of our part-time move. In addition, it is where my husband grew up.

I've noticed some differences between Spanish kids and American kids. Kids often speak multiple languages My daughter has made some friends in Spain already, and we're so impressed by their ability to speak multiple languages . These kids are learning French, Spanish, English, and even Catalan in school.

I'm blown away by their inherent ability to tackle these languages at a young age. But the standard of education also seems to be higher in Spain. My husband likes to tell me that he never saw a multiple-choice test before he came to the US and jokes that in math, they used a pen and not a pencil, so there were no erasing mistakes.

This makes him sound so old, but really, I think the schools in Spain are just more old-fashioned. There's an emphasis on mealtime being family time In Spain, kids are taught to be seen and not he.